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🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 2015 — At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine.
  • 2012 — A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.
  • 2009 — The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes...
  • 2002 — Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to...
  • 2001 — BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was...

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🎂 Notable Births

  • 1996 — Lukas Webb, Australian rules footballer
  • 1994 — Callum Harriott, English footballer
  • 1993 — Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
  • 1993 — Richard Peniket, English footballer
  • 1992 — Nick Castellanos, American baseball player

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